USD.AI: Metropolitan Season 3 begins - 15 Oct 2026 to 14 Apr 2027
USD.AI's Metropolitan Season 3 begins at 00:00 UTC on 15 October 2026 and runs through 14 April 2027. The season introduces a separate CHIP pool and the CHIP Hurdle Rate, which sets a 7% minimum yield on sUSDai, with top-ups from the Yield Reserve when needed.The hurdle rate ties the minimum holder return to reserve support: when sUSDai yield falls below 7%, the Yield Reserve supplies the difference. Alongside the separate CHIP pool, this changes the season's holder-return structure and CHIP emissions design. Yield performance and the reserve's sustainability through GLX cycles remain unproven, so the stated minimum depends on the reserve's ability to fund those top-ups.